3.4 A Graceful Step （優雅的步調）

This course uses four scenic locations in Taiwan as the main topics. Besides emphasis on teaching vocabulary, grammar, and text comprehension, each lesson’s text will feature a non-human protagonist, retelling the past and present of each location. Starting from the north and heading south, each lesson combines the historical, cultural, and modern faces of these landmarks. Using fun dialogue between characters,we will string together different stories about the lovely Taiwan one by one. Students interested in Chinese will be able to not only boost their language skills, but also learn about Taiwan’s beauty and cultural life.
本課以臺灣的四個景點作為背景，除了教授詞彙、語法與課文篇章外，也結合歷史和文化，使學習者在學習中文的過程中，同時認識臺灣的自然美景及生活文化。

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WEEK3 Romance Under the Setting Sun （安平夕陽的黃昏戀曲）

This week we will look at the earliest Chinese settlement in Taiwan. Tainan is located in southern Taiwan. Because it was settled relatively early on in Taiwan’s history, there are many old buildings left in Tainan, making it an important cultural asset. From the year 1620 there were already settlers farming and living here, some architecture built in that period still remains here today. From these historic buildings, we can understand Tainan’s bygone prosperous days and current modern face. In this town full of both nostalgia and modern life, we can recall the past and at the same time appreciate the changes that places undergo with the passage of time. 本週要介紹的是臺灣最早建立的城市 — 臺南，它位於臺灣的南部，從西元 1620 年起，就有人在這裡耕作、生活，當時建造的部分建築一直保留到現在，使今日的臺南成為一個復古又時尚的城市。